Jan MacKay for NC State Senator in 2008
Senate District 15, Wake County!

The NC Senate Candidate of Principle. The right leadership, going the right way.

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Jan MacKay: The Candidate of Principle
Smaller Government, Lower Taxes, More Freedom

Jan MacKay opposes annexation and use of eminent domain.

The acceptable route for governments to acquire property is to buy it on the free market at a price agreed upon by the seller and buyer. Most other methods are an abuse of powers by corrupt government, yet it is routinely done in North Carolina.

STOP NC ANNEXATION

H878 is a ballot initiative, sitting in the Senate Ways and Mean committee, which would allow the citizens to vote on the issue of eminent domain. The proposed changes would add the following language into Section 19 of Article I of the North Carolina Constitution:

Private property shall not be taken except for a public use, including preservation for that use. Public use does not include the taking of property for the purpose of thereafter conveying an interest in the property to a third party for economic development. This paragraph does not apply to the taking of blighted properties as defined by general law, nor to takings for access by the owner to property. As used in this paragraph, blight includes only the physical condition of the property taken.

Just compensation shall be paid and, if demanded by the owner, shall be determined by a jury."

The results of NC Court Cases related to condemnation and eminent domain are not promising. Judicial relief rarely serves the property owner. Legislative relief from predatory land grabs is needed.

Private property is one of the cornerstones of our free society. We must protect our private property rights from the long arm of big government. NC Property Rights Coalition

North Carolina is only one of 7 U.S. states that allows for involuntary annexation of properties by municipalities (North Carolina, Tennessee, Idaho and Kansas permit annexation without the property owner's consent; Louisiana, Illinois and Oregon allow it in more limited cases.)

Jan MacKay for NC State Senator in 2008
Senate District 15, Wake County!